female genital mutilation
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“Fifty girls' taken from UK to Somalia for FGM”
The BBC reports that at least 50 girls were taken from the UK to Somalia for female genital mutilation are being investigated by Scotland Yard. Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Tonge contacted the Metropolitan Police after spotting a large group of girls on a flight from Heathrow last Saturday...- Peter May
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- female circumcision female genital mutilation fgm
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- Forum: Social Issues (Current Events now moved)
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How are we to deal with this disgusting side of Islam
BBC in breaking news The 38-year-old was arrested at 18:30 BST on 8 May after she arrived at the west London airport on a flight from Sierra Leone. A 13-year-old Sierra-Leonean girl travelling with the woman was taken into the care of social services. An estimated 66,000 women in the UK have...- Peter May
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- female genital mutilation islam
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- Forum: Religion and Philosophy
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UK FGM Prosecutions
UK's first female genital mutilation prosecutions announced Innocent until proved guilty of course, but it's a start.- 666
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- court cases dhanuson dharmasena female genital mutilation hasan mohamed uk issues
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War on Women in the Middle East
Why do they hate us?: The article is describes numerous instances where women have been assaulted without consequence: - Women endure genital mutilation to reduce their sexual desires. - Its legal for men to beat women so long as they do so with "good intentions". - A gang-rape survivor was...- Dessi
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- female circumcision female genital mutilation middle east issues saudi arabia issues women's rights issues
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- Forum: Non-USA & General Politics